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so she's out and mitt romney is in. he flies back to belmont with his wife, ann, they're both wearing olympic jackets and give a press conference, and the campaign's begun. >> romney's campaign spokesman. >> it was like being launched out of a rocket. >> how you doing? >> as you know, this is a very democratic state. the legislature is 85% democrat. very few republicans make it into statewide office. so we had a fight on our hands. >> he ran as a moderate on social issues, vowing to clean up state government. >> would you raise your right hand, please? >> it worked. >> congratulations, governor. >> thank you. >> from the beginning, romney relied on a small set of advisors. beth myers, who has never spoken on camera before, was chief of staff. >> people call you romney's romney. >> for four years, we sat in offices that had a door between us and we popped back and forth between each other's offices all day long. we talked about faith. we talked about the issues of the day. >> first order of business, treat government lik
so she's out and mitt romney is in. he flies back to belmont with his wife, ann, they're both wearing olympic jackets and give a press conference, and the campaign's begun. >> romney's campaign spokesman. >> it was like being launched out of a rocket. >> how you doing? >> as you know, this is a very democratic state. the legislature is 85% democrat. very few republicans make it into statewide office. so we had a fight on our hands. >> he ran as a moderate on social...
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he is still 11% ahead of mitt romney. so which over way the spin the apple cart. >> i don't want to spin anything. >> he carried men. in fact the real gender gap exists but no one wants to talk about that. >> he got hammered. >> all i'm saying is that women tend to favor democrats and men tend to favor republican ares. >> what happened yesterday is that women favored a successful president by slim digits and barack obama carried unmarried women. and mitt romney carried white women barack obama carried not white women. but on the broader question, three quick things, one is go to where the woman women are. the idea that women are going to click onto the adds to the tup of $1 billion is foolish and insulting to women. and there was never a good response about obamacare and about benghazi and a failure to communicate against this war on women. >> let me bring in cecile here, you have had a good run there. so, it was a convincing victory and there is no doubt that women were more attracted to him and what he stood for than th
he is still 11% ahead of mitt romney. so which over way the spin the apple cart. >> i don't want to spin anything. >> he carried men. in fact the real gender gap exists but no one wants to talk about that. >> he got hammered. >> all i'm saying is that women tend to favor democrats and men tend to favor republican ares. >> what happened yesterday is that women favored a successful president by slim digits and barack obama carried unmarried women. and mitt romney...
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romney was the nominee, to win in part, romney was the guy they didn't want from the beginning. >> what was extraordinary, the gap between obama and romney. african-americans, 93%. latinos, 71-27. asian, 73-26. almost every demographic, they got slaughtered. >> he did. and now the president has to represent. the president would not be in the white house right now, were it not for these groups you just mentioned. everybody talks about women, and indeed, they showed up in huge numbers. latinos, huge numbers. young people in huge numbers. i did a blog a few weeks back about how black people had been pushed off the stage so quickly. black folk are the president's most loyal constituency, with all due respect to latinos, women, young people. it is this coalition that allowed him to the white house. our discussion on the fiscal cliff, aweterity masquerading, i hope he will remember the mandate he has from the people. who put him in the white house. i hope he remembers that budgets are moral documents. say what you say, but you are what you are. you put your budget onley table, we'll see what
romney was the nominee, to win in part, romney was the guy they didn't want from the beginning. >> what was extraordinary, the gap between obama and romney. african-americans, 93%. latinos, 71-27. asian, 73-26. almost every demographic, they got slaughtered. >> he did. and now the president has to represent. the president would not be in the white house right now, were it not for these groups you just mentioned. everybody talks about women, and indeed, they showed up in huge...
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did you think mitt romney could ever do that? >> i definitely think mitt romney could do that. i think you had a race this year between two really good men who cared very deeply about trying to fix the problems that face this country. they have two very different visions for how they would do it but i do think that you are hearing stories come out from reporters who were in boston on election night that mitt romney and his team were also very emotional and in a different way. but to a person, you hear stories that both barack obama and mitt romney, these are good men that wanted to do good things for this country and barack obama will have another four years to try to turn things around. >> van jones, i think the reason it struck a chord, i certainly felt genuinely moved by it, is you could certainly see the brutality of these campaigns, what it takes out of people. even barack obama, who has been president for four ice-cold years, suddenly got very emotional, sort of looking at people that were him 25 years ago, on the beginning of their political careers. perhaps one of them
did you think mitt romney could ever do that? >> i definitely think mitt romney could do that. i think you had a race this year between two really good men who cared very deeply about trying to fix the problems that face this country. they have two very different visions for how they would do it but i do think that you are hearing stories come out from reporters who were in boston on election night that mitt romney and his team were also very emotional and in a different way. but to a...
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those are romney votes, not obama votes. and romney going to pittsburgh is going to resonate all along that ohio river valley tomorrow. >> the problem it seems to me has been actually forced by hurricane sandy which caused many problems for many people of a very real nature but in relation to the politics, it certainly stopped mitt romney's momentum pretty firmly in the tracks for a week because he couldn't get on television to campaign at all and it also allowed barack obama to be a president for a week in a time of crisis and he did it very well. in fact, chris christie raced to laud him. here's the problem. i think that's given him a big bounce coming into tomorrow. the reason i say that is that nate silver, that genius pollster of pollsters from the "new york times" who does this 538 poll, he's just tweeted this. a few more polls to add but obama, 91% to win the electoral college based on all the data today. this has been a pretty clear shift toward obama in national polls based on most recent data, he may lead by 2% to
those are romney votes, not obama votes. and romney going to pittsburgh is going to resonate all along that ohio river valley tomorrow. >> the problem it seems to me has been actually forced by hurricane sandy which caused many problems for many people of a very real nature but in relation to the politics, it certainly stopped mitt romney's momentum pretty firmly in the tracks for a week because he couldn't get on television to campaign at all and it also allowed barack obama to be a...
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mitt romney will fight for every american job. >> i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> controversial jeep ad for the romney campaign has the obama camp up in arms. back now, michael moore what did you make of that? >> i just want topped say that we got word that football ran right lathe tonight, so the "the good wife" is not starting until 9:35. don't tune out here. got another good ten minutes. >> do what i do tape "the good wife" and "homeland" and watch me live. that is a perfect night of television. back to the jeep ads. did it have a point to it? >> no point to it. it's a lie. it's not just a cheap shot, it's an absolutely. there's no jeep production of jeeps being made in the u.s. for american buyers that's being moved to china. in fact, they are adding jeep jobs here. it's just amazing that they can get away with this. >> in china with the chinese is the point? >> correct. which they should do. i have stayed this for 30 years that if you're gonna have these factories in mexico, how about build things for mexican, employ mexicans, pay them a good wage and let them be able to bu
mitt romney will fight for every american job. >> i'm mitt romney and i approve this message. >> controversial jeep ad for the romney campaign has the obama camp up in arms. back now, michael moore what did you make of that? >> i just want topped say that we got word that football ran right lathe tonight, so the "the good wife" is not starting until 9:35. don't tune out here. got another good ten minutes. >> do what i do tape "the good wife" and...
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mitt romney, from what i understand, had the positions that he articulated in this election cycle. he had the same positions four years ago. so the idea that i somehow forced him to change his opinion on anything, i'm not aware of any position that mitt romney took that was changed as a result of the republican primary. what mitt romney, in my opinion, didn't do was go out and vigorously defend the beliefs that he said he espoused. and when you're going on the defense, which i believe is what the republicans were doing generally throughout this campaign, you're not going to win. if anybody is an extremist on this issue, it's president obama who voted for santicide. defending human life, if that's extreme, guilty. i want to defend all human life, and i will do so, but when the president says you can kill a baby after it's born, that's extremism, and that's what mitt romney and others should have made as the case, and we did not. >> there is a battle in the heart and soul of the public now with people determined to find a new path to victory in 2016. from what you're saying, you thin
mitt romney, from what i understand, had the positions that he articulated in this election cycle. he had the same positions four years ago. so the idea that i somehow forced him to change his opinion on anything, i'm not aware of any position that mitt romney took that was changed as a result of the republican primary. what mitt romney, in my opinion, didn't do was go out and vigorously defend the beliefs that he said he espoused. and when you're going on the defense, which i believe is what...
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mitt romney didn't win so now president obama has a bit of a stronger hand in that relationship. even though that relationship, as many people have noted, is not the best relationship in the world, but going in to netanyahu's re-election bid on the heels of this sort of conflict with the american government plays an instrumental role in a cease-fire, gives the obama administration, the state department, a much stronger hand in the middle east in general and i think it gives president obama a stronger hand both in the middle east and at home, because he's able to play this role with someone, that he has not had the best relationship with. >> kristin soltis, do you agree with that? >> to an extent. i think it will be good for obama if the cease-fire can be maintained, particularly, it will be good for secretary clinton. whenever you get to be the one giving the press conference, that's a good visual moment. what i think is really interesting, is to watch how the arab spring has affected this and how egypt's sort of new leadership, there were these real questions as to what extent w
mitt romney didn't win so now president obama has a bit of a stronger hand in that relationship. even though that relationship, as many people have noted, is not the best relationship in the world, but going in to netanyahu's re-election bid on the heels of this sort of conflict with the american government plays an instrumental role in a cease-fire, gives the obama administration, the state department, a much stronger hand in the middle east in general and i think it gives president obama a...
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rupert knows that mitt romney is going to lose, governor christie knows that mitt romney is going to lose and they are all positioning themselves. >> i'm sorry. >> the governor for four years from now. and rupert murdoch -- >> i think you see you champing at the bit. >> it's a bridge too far. this race is tied, we know it's tied. and polls all over the place, and with some certainty. >> who is going to break the tie. >> to say with certainty, the last few days, a president went to a crisis -- did his photo op, did what he had to do. you are giving him a lot of credit. it usually goes to the governor. christie credit. >> there were experts here. rupert murdoch knows what's going to happen, and i suspect governor christie knows pretty well what's going to happen. >> i don't understand why you are saying that. you don't know that. >> i know the two men. read the tea leaves here. >> sir, i'm reading the polls. a dead tie. looking at the battleground states. i don't read tea leaves. i read politics. >> and a 30% chance -- >> either way here -- >> and barack obama has a 70% chance of winni
rupert knows that mitt romney is going to lose, governor christie knows that mitt romney is going to lose and they are all positioning themselves. >> i'm sorry. >> the governor for four years from now. and rupert murdoch -- >> i think you see you champing at the bit. >> it's a bridge too far. this race is tied, we know it's tied. and polls all over the place, and with some certainty. >> who is going to break the tie. >> to say with certainty, the last few...
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whichever you way you dress this up, this cannot help mitt romney, can it? >> no. the cynic would say, what did mitt romney do in the last couple of weeks to piss governor chris christie off? he didn't have to go the extra ten miles that he went. >> he says the president went the extra mile and his first responsible to the people of new jersey. knowing chris christie as i do, i think he is a straight guy. i like him very much. i think he is a straight talker. i think when he says it he means it. >> i thought he was sincere. >> i saw an interview with him last night, in his hometown devastated, places he grew up and i think he thought, this is not about this election and the president is going the extra mile for me. >> i saw the press conference he conducted and i was impressed with a couple of things he said. he pointed out how after irene a year ago, the hurricane, he put forward a bill in the new jersey legislature to change like a 100-year-old law that says when the utilities are downed they are fined $100 a day, an ancient law and he wants that changed to 10,00
whichever you way you dress this up, this cannot help mitt romney, can it? >> no. the cynic would say, what did mitt romney do in the last couple of weeks to piss governor chris christie off? he didn't have to go the extra ten miles that he went. >> he says the president went the extra mile and his first responsible to the people of new jersey. knowing chris christie as i do, i think he is a straight guy. i like him very much. i think he is a straight talker. i think when he says it...
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good that governor romney came on. it showed what the spirit of america is all about, which is at the end of the day coming together in pursuit of our common goals as americans. you know, i just hope that we could have the same set of opportunities here in congress as we deal with our colleagues who i hope would show the same spirit by saying you know what, the senate has passed a continuing tax cut for 98% of americans, put $2200 in their pockets, continued to keep that amount of money in their pockets at a critical time in our economy. we can have that passed right away by the house and signed by the president. that would be a great christmas gift to everybody, 98% of all of americans. >> why can't they just be grown up about this, accept that there's movement on both sides to be done, and get it done over a turkey at the white house? >> well, you know, it would be great to have a celebration. we can start that celebration by passing what's already sitting in the house of representatives that was passed in the united
good that governor romney came on. it showed what the spirit of america is all about, which is at the end of the day coming together in pursuit of our common goals as americans. you know, i just hope that we could have the same set of opportunities here in congress as we deal with our colleagues who i hope would show the same spirit by saying you know what, the senate has passed a continuing tax cut for 98% of americans, put $2200 in their pockets, continued to keep that amount of money in...
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the positions of governor romney that he took in the primary on immigration reform. the positions that he took on women's health issues and contraception and planned parenthood drove large numbers of voters away from them, and then on economic, central to this election. they had a theory that frankly was not a popular theory in the country which is that you know, if we go back to tax cuts for the wealthy and deregulation that would profit everyone, and then for romney himself, there were specific things that he did. i think that the decision in the final week to try and litigate the auto bailout again, in ohio, had a tremendously negative impact there, and perhaps beyond ohio. so, you know, in the final analysis, there are a lot of factors here, but in the short-term, that was a very bad decision, in my view. >> people are looking to what happened and saying, look, the senate remains with democrat house with republicans. barack obama re-elected. not much change. how can we expect the washington machine, many consider fractured if not paralyzed to get things done? the
the positions of governor romney that he took in the primary on immigration reform. the positions that he took on women's health issues and contraception and planned parenthood drove large numbers of voters away from them, and then on economic, central to this election. they had a theory that frankly was not a popular theory in the country which is that you know, if we go back to tax cuts for the wealthy and deregulation that would profit everyone, and then for romney himself, there were...
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in his first interview since the big romney loss, i will ask reince priebus if his party is out of touch with the country. plus his plans to fix the gop. >>> plus president obama's tax push. he wants the rich to pay up but is it fair? >>> and one of the most influential spiritual leaders in the world, america's pastor, rick warren. he was there at barack obama's first inauguration. will he be there again? we're talking politics, same sex marriage and the "two and a half men" star whose christian conversion has him attacking his own show. this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. our big story tonight, countdown to financial doomsday, the fiscal cliff and the clock is ticking. 35 days left before this massive sweeping tax hike. america's now at the mercy of washington, hoping that both sides can end the fighting and make a deal. anti-tax champion grover norquist last night told me he's keeping republicans to the no tax increase pledge they made decades ago. but should his party back away from that promise? joining me in his first interview since the election, reince priebus, chair
in his first interview since the big romney loss, i will ask reince priebus if his party is out of touch with the country. plus his plans to fix the gop. >>> plus president obama's tax push. he wants the rich to pay up but is it fair? >>> and one of the most influential spiritual leaders in the world, america's pastor, rick warren. he was there at barack obama's first inauguration. will he be there again? we're talking politics, same sex marriage and the "two and a half...
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many people saying maybe he swung voters away from mitt romney. will you be chucking him over a cliff tomorrow? >> not at all. chris is a great governor. he does what all of us did during that super storm sandy, what i've done with three or four other storms and blizzards and tornadoes, is you put your people and your state first. partisanship goes out the window when you've got a natural disaster and you do what you do to take care of your people. so i think there were numerous other factors that had to do with the reason that we didn't pick up seats in the senate, the president won, and no, look, we're a united group. piers, we got 30 republican governors, the most in 12 years for either party, 180 million people have republican governors. we have gone from 22 to 30 republican governors since chris christie and i won in 2009. at the state level, people are electing conservative results oriented can-do, positive, optimistic republican governors. that's what we're doing and that's why bobby jindal, chris christie and scott walker will be leading t
many people saying maybe he swung voters away from mitt romney. will you be chucking him over a cliff tomorrow? >> not at all. chris is a great governor. he does what all of us did during that super storm sandy, what i've done with three or four other storms and blizzards and tornadoes, is you put your people and your state first. partisanship goes out the window when you've got a natural disaster and you do what you do to take care of your people. so i think there were numerous other...
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i voted for him, it was a better choice than romney. but both men are operating inside of the dichotomy of the american empire's economy is getting worse. now we just accept it. no one in the argument, in the debate ever questioned why we have to have such a big military. why we have to have foreign bases, 800 plus bases. and why we -- on top of it, you can talk about what obama said, america is the indispensable nation again. we've heard this rhetoric over the years. it's very dangerous. we're not indispensable. not god appointed. we should be humble in the face of the prosperity we've had. we've become like the yankees a bit. a little arrogant. and we're buying what we need. you mentioned petraeus earlier. i said, maybe the concept of using money in afghanistan and iraq to bribe the sunnis not to join us or bribe the shiites to bribe. it's a dirty thing that we do abroad. people in america don't know about the dirty wars. >> when you searched this, how many military conflicts has america been engaged in, that you think are justified?
i voted for him, it was a better choice than romney. but both men are operating inside of the dichotomy of the american empire's economy is getting worse. now we just accept it. no one in the argument, in the debate ever questioned why we have to have such a big military. why we have to have foreign bases, 800 plus bases. and why we -- on top of it, you can talk about what obama said, america is the indispensable nation again. we've heard this rhetoric over the years. it's very dangerous. we're...